'Book' a gift for your child

Take a look at these two top-selling cult classics (if you haven't
already!), and wake up to two new talents in the literary world...Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallowsby JK Rowling, Bloomsbury, Rs 499The green-eyed boy with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead has grown up

Take a look at these two top-selling cult classics (if you haven't
already!), and wake up to two new talents in the literary world...

Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallowsby JK Rowling, Bloomsbury, Rs 499The green-eyed boy with a lightning-shaped scar on his forehead has grown up in the final book of the series, and takes on Voldemort with the help of loyal friends Ron and Hermione. His valiant struggle to look for and destroy the "horcruxes" is coupled with a fervent bid to defeat Voldemort. Predictably, it culminates in Harry's final showdown with Voldemort. But what's interesting is JK Rowling's deft handling of the plot that offers nail-biting excitement as Voldemort and his followers take over Hogwarts School and the Ministry of Magic, creating havoc in the wizard and muggle worlds. A gripping read for Harry Potter fans.

TwilightBy Stephenie Meyer, Atom (Little, Brown Books for Young Readers), Rs 350Twilight, the first in a series, is a story of two teenagers -Isabella, a regular girl, and Edward, a perfect gentleman and a vampire. Isabella is 17 and a magnet for disasters. She moves from sunny Phoenix (USA) to the small town of Forks to live with her father. Though making new friends is the least of her worries, she gets irresistibly drawn to graceful Edward. The story spirals into a fever-pitch excitement as the romance between the couple becomes a frantic race to stay alive. A simple yet beautifully written book. Follow up this read with its three equally popular sequels?

Tiger Boys Don't Cry and Other StoriesBy Nikita Chawla, Sanbun Publishers, Rs 100A passion for animals and nature, and the timely gift of a Parker pen, prompted 16-year-old Nikita Chawla to pen a sensitive book of short stories that bring out the beast in man as he continues on his relentless rampage against the animal world. In her short stories, this Delhi schoolgirl brings out her travails as a crusader against animal abuse, including forays to South Africa and Singapore. All the stories are well-researched and touch on the various forms of abuse meted out to tigers, dolphins, monkeys and even thoroughbred horses. Nikita's sister Harshita brings the stories alive with her evocative illustrations.

Rang e Noor, The Colours of the LightBy Kunal Datta, Cinnamon Teal, Rs 295To see the beautiful in the ordinary, to see the vivid colours of the rainbow in a ray of white light. This is the purpose of 18-year-old Kunal Datta's soul-searching bi-lingual poetry, in English and Urdu. The young poet's worldly-wise wisdom shines through his compositions, be it in the profoundly simple Urdu poem 'Yaas-e-Afsoon' or in the painfilled 'Unrelenting Cycle'. He pays tribute to the celestial bodies in 'A Day Of the Night Of Starry Skies' and reveals a romantic side in 'A Love - Sunset'. The author's maiden book shows the youngster's instinctive understanding of human emotions and its foibles.

Inputs by Kausalya Saptharishi and Swati Mittal

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